Hart, 25, was a highly promising fast bowler in his youth and a useful tennis
player too.

These days he loves watching any sport on the television — so he was glued to
the Games.

He said: “I watched everything. I was bouncing round the room supporting Team
GB.

“City were playing a friendly in Wolfsburg when Mo Farah was running the
10,000 metres.

“We got back into the dressing room for the last few laps. It was good to
watch.

“There was a huge cheer from our dressing room when he won. It was amazing.”

But now it is back to business and City run out at the Etihad today for the
first time since that famous title-winning day in May.

Hart faces a fitness test on a back injury before the clash with
newly-promoted Southampton.

But the England ace admits he has been itching for the new campaign to start.

He said: “It felt nice to be a Premier League champion, but it’s gone now.

“We had the Euros, the Olympics. I’m just ready to get back into it now.”

More than three months have passed since City’s last-gasp victory over QPR won
them the title.

Hart, the new ambassador for Head & Shoulders shampoo, said: “It’s all a
bit of a blur.

“I’ve watched the goals back but not the whole game.

“It was a bit of a depressing blur to be honest until the very end. For about
15 minutes during the game — and it felt like three or four hours — I was
thinking what effect it would have on the club if we didn’t win the title.

“I was thinking I was going to be a horrible person to be around, and what a
waste of time the whole year would have been.

“It would have been a horrendous summer, but we got there. It was chaos after
Aguero’s goal, but now we are just looking forward to getting it on again.

“For a while we felt like we were the most important people in the world but
things move on.”

City expect neighbours United to be the main threat to them retaining their
crown.

Hart said: “They generally react well — of course they’ll be a threat to us.

“They’re a great side, great players, a great club. But there’s a mutual
respect despite the rivalry.”

Joe Hart is the new ambassador for Head & Shoulders anti-dandruff
shampoo.